What is the tone of this sentence? What does the author want you to feel about the way the student acted? (Hint: Pretentious is a way of saying that the teacher thinks that she is better than the student or other teachers. What does the author want you to feel by using this word and by describing the student as brave for challenging or speaking out against the professor? How does the author feel about the student?)

admiration

disgust

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The tone of this sentence is admiration. The author wants the reader to feel admiration towards the student for challenging or speaking out against the professor. The author feels positively about the student, as indicated by describing the student as brave and expressing admiration for their actions.